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[SenorArdilla]

I suppose people would want more emphasis on their favorite part of the stage, rather than just tour through the entire area.

 

[Loco4Coco]

I wonder if Sakurai is reducing the maximum pikmin numbers, in order to make 3DS version run smoother?

I hope not. That would severely nerf Olimar, just imagine him trying ledge grab/recover with just 3 pikmin.

 

[foxuzamaki]

Nothing to do with gameplay mechanics.

I'd rather be fighting in locations from my favourite games rather than on a floating platform with those locations as a background.

Mario Circuit, Pirate Ship, Bridge of Eldin etc were the best Brawl stages.
Smashville, Delfino Plaza etc were gross.

basically.

The only flying platform stage I rather like is the F-Zero one.

But...they do fight in the locations of that game, infact you fight in several different places of the same stage of those games.

 

[SuperSah]

What is it with Sakurai and dead cities..?

Put some life into them.

 

[Benzychenz]

I'll have to heavily agree with this sentiment...Like, for example, the Kid Icarus stage in Brawl. I kept thinking "Man, in Smash 64 or Melee, I'd be fighting on that background instead of this Battlefield copycat".

However, in Delfino Plaza you -do- get to fight in the Plaza's locations, so I don't think it's bad at all in this regard.

I didn't mind Skyworld, the whole place is made of floating platforms anyway.

 

[Jintor]

But...they do fight in the locations of that game, infact you fight in several different places of the same stage of those games.

who are you and what have you done with foxuzamaki

 

[ffdgh]

What is it with Sakurai and dead cities..?

Put some life into them.

Must be a power outage.

 

[Chet Rippo]

Nothing to do with gameplay mechanics.

I'd rather be fighting in locations from my favourite games rather than on a floating platform with those locations as a background.

Mario Circuit, Pirate Ship, Bridge of Eldin etc were the best Brawl stages.
Smashville, Delfino Plaza etc were gross.

What? You fight on actual Delfino Plaza for a lot of it, how does that make it worse than those mentioned?

 

[SuperSah]

Personally not the biggest floaty platform fan in the world, but hey-ho.

I hope they remake the Pirate Ship for both versions. I loved that stage, so much fun.

 

[foxuzamaki]

who are you and what have you done with foxuzamaki

I'm just a cute fox girl named kon

 

[foxuzamaki]

What is it with Sakurai and dead cities..?

Put some life into them.

Theres probably gonna be a few when the level is done but dont expect the world.

 

[Richie]

I didn't mind Skyworld, the whole place is made of floating platforms anyway.

Precisely why, while not outright hating or disliking it much, it made me disappointed at the lost potential. Both of the previous Smash games offered more creative layouts, or mashed regular ones elegantly using a stage's elements. It seemed to me that several Brawl ones just imposed unexciting layouts over detailed backgrounds, not doing as good a job of making them part of the stage as other installments.

 

[lolpho]

What is it with Sakurai and dead cities..?

Put some life into them.

Ah, you just helped me realize what made me feel so weird about certain stages. I think the true crime of this stage is not the flying platform aspect (I like those stages) but the lack of life. There's no people, no ambiance, no big-city atmosphere! The actual Pokemon game did a good job of that by having random NPCs and dialogue conversations thrown in your face (as well as annoyingly rigid camera angles forcing you to feel small).

Likewise, the lack of Piantas or living things in Delfino Plaza made it seem a little off . Now I understand that having so many renders would slow the game down, but I think even distant 2D sprites would be better and not really slow anything down. I wouldn't even mind if the extras are as generic as the audience in the Punch Out stage. It would certainly be a step up from having stages be as lively as a Big Rigs Over the Road Racing track.

 

[Hatchtag]

Two things:
1) Olimar's plucking another Pikmin. I don't believe the ground part of the pluck animation appeared if you had a full Pikmin roster in Brawl, so at least 3 Pikmin confirmed?
2) Does the leaf above the yellow Pikmin look off to anyone else? It looks way higher than the yellow Pikmin's leaf should be.
Or maybe it's just 3 am and I'm sleep deprived lol.

 

[Amazeballs]

Two things:
1) Olimar's plucking another Pikmin. I don't believe the ground part of the pluck animation appeared if you had a full Pikmin roster in Brawl, so at least 3 Pikmin confirmed?
2) Does the leaf above the yellow Pikmin look off to anyone else? It looks way higher than the yellow Pikmin's leaf should be.
Or maybe it's just 3 am and I'm sleep deprived lol.

It looks to be in the middle of its jump or landing animation.

 

[ryanofcall]

Pikmin 3 looks good but I won't buy a system for one game.
The Wonderful 101 looks good but I won't buy a system for one game.
Super Mario 3D World looks good but I won't buy a system for one game.
Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze looks good but I won't buy a system for one game.
Mario Kart 8 looks good but I won't buy a system for one game.
Super Smash Bros looks good but I won't buy a system for one game.
Bayonetta 2 looks good but I won't buy a system for one game.
X looks good but I won't buy a system for one game.
Metroid Dread looks good but I won't buy a system for one game.

Spoiler

I'm aware these are probably all posted by different people.

I know people who said almost all of these.

 

[soviet prince]

They're stupid and floating platforms have nothing to do with the source material.

Delfino Plaza was one of the worst stages in Brawl.

it's my fav stage, what wrong with it?

 

[Nights Owl]

it's my fav stage, what wrong with it?

The only part I didn't like was the multiple platforms with big gaps in the middle of them leading to water. It was kind of hard to fight there. Other than that, I thought it was a great stage. Not only that, but dat remix of SMWs Credit Theme.

 

[weaKwillO]

Ah, you just helped me realize what made me feel so weird about certain stages. I think the true crime of this stage is not the flying platform aspect (I like those stages) but the lack of life. There's no people, no ambiance, no big-city atmosphere! The actual Pokemon game did a good job of that by having random NPCs and dialogue conversations thrown in your face (as well as annoyingly rigid camera angles forcing you to feel small).

Likewise, the lack of Piantas or living things in Delfino Plaza made it seem a little off . Now I understand that having so many renders would slow the game down, but I think even distant 2D sprites would be better and not really slow anything down. I wouldn't even mind if the extras are as generic as the audience in the Punch Out stage. It would certainly be a step up from having stages be as lively as a Big Rigs Over the Road Racing track.

Yeah, as it is probably for the best to maintain a constant smoothness, it would/does kill stage potential.

Also, welcome back from the River Styx.

 

[ffdgh]

Ah, you just helped me realize what made me feel so weird about certain stages. I think the true crime of this stage is not the flying platform aspect (I like those stages) but the lack of life. There's no people, no ambiance, no big-city atmosphere! The actual Pokemon game did a good job of that by having random NPCs and dialogue conversations thrown in your face (as well as annoyingly rigid camera angles forcing you to feel small).

Likewise, the lack of Piantas or living things in Delfino Plaza made it seem a little off . Now I understand that having so many renders would slow the game down, but I think even distant 2D sprites would be better and not really slow anything down. I wouldn't even mind if the extras are as generic as the audience in the Punch Out stage. It would certainly be a step up from having stages be as lively as a Big Rigs Over the Road Racing track.

Nice to see the mods gave you aother chance.

 

[foxuzamaki]

Ah, you just helped me realize what made me feel so weird about certain stages. I think the true crime of this stage is not the flying platform aspect (I like those stages) but the lack of life. There's no people, no ambiance, no big-city atmosphere! The actual Pokemon game did a good job of that by having random NPCs and dialogue conversations thrown in your face (as well as annoyingly rigid camera angles forcing you to feel small).

Likewise, the lack of Piantas or living things in Delfino Plaza made it seem a little off . Now I understand that having so many renders would slow the game down, but I think even distant 2D sprites would be better and not really slow anything down. I wouldn't even mind if the extras are as generic as the audience in the Punch Out stage. It would certainly be a step up from having stages be as lively as a Big Rigs Over the Road Racing track.

I just realized that your no longer dea-er banned

 

[MaverickHunterAsh]

This stage looks really cool, I'm psyched about it.

I'm thinking the camera and its view of the tower might rotate dynamically and completely independently of the actual stage while the platforms slowly scroll by and shift throughout, kind of like Big Blue or Poké Floats but with normal platforms instead of F-Zero cars or Pokémon balloons. Basically, I don't think the platforms and the background actually have anything to do with one another.

 

[Village]

"Floating platform"

Damnit can I ffight in a neighborhood street, once.

 

[NeonZ]

What is it with Sakurai and dead cities..?

Put some life into them.

Not even the Skyward Sword stage on Wii U has npcs in the background, there's no way there'd be people in a 3ds stage considering that.

 

[Jintor]

"Floating platform"

Damnit can I ffight in a neighborhood street, once.

 

[Beelzebufo]

Wait... has every PotD been informative this week? If so, that's a real treat. Also, from the sounds of it. Prism Tower will be similar to Poke Floats. That makes me happy. :3

This was my thought as well. The "securing footholds" makes it sound like the platforms will move out from under you and you need to catch up.

Also, I wonder if anything else shows up while you're scrolling. I mean it's a cool idea, but kinda boring. I mean, regardless if it's Delfino-style or Floats-style, you're just rotating around a gray pillar for the entire match, right?

 

[BlackJace]

"Floating platform"

Damnit can I fight in a neighborhood street, once.

Don't promote gang violence, Village.

 

[Benzychenz]

The one floating platform stage I'm impressed with is the Pilotwings one. Man that stage looks amazing.

 

[Jintor]

It kinda seems at least more thematic in Pilotwings.

Also, I don't know why, but fighting on a flying ship is more acceptable to me than fighting on a floating platform. Some kinda weird hangup I guess

 

[ryanofcall]

omg I haven't seen that stage in years, and just played through Earthbound lately.
Now this stage looks fucking awesome to me

 

[CassSept]

Great stage too.

Honestly, most of Brawl's stages were disappointing. Melee on the other hand had a ton of top tier stages (as in fun not as in fox only, no items, final destination).

 

[mindsale]

I loved the theme for this stage that sounded like the Folgers Coffee jingle. "The best part of waking up..."

 

[Kouriozan]

I agree, flat stage are boring.
I loved Brinstar, Pokéfloats, Peach's Castle, Onetts, etc.. so I'd say Melee had better stage.
But Brawl had New Pork City and 75m <3

 

[Benzychenz]

But Brawl had New Pork City and 75m <3

:|

 

[Neoriceisgood]

But Brawl had New Pork City and 75m <3

:|

 

[Kouriozan]

Oh please x)

 

[CassSept]

Both or these were terrible. Though I think New Pork City edges out 75m, as at least the latter was a gimmick stage, while the former was very disappointing.

 

[Deleted member 74300]

Screw these tiny stages. I want more big ones like Melee Hyrule Castle and Temple. As long as they don't make it like New Pork City.

 

[Jintor]

New Pork was horrrrrrrrribleeeeeeeeeeee

 

[Kouriozan]

Both or these were terrible. Though I think New Pork City edges out 75m, as at least the latter was a gimmick stage, while the former was very disappointing.

I'd have to admit that New Pork City was too big, though.

Edit : Damn, I'm the only one who liked it

 

[Benzychenz]

Screw these tiny stages. I want more big ones like Melee Hyrule Castle and Temple. As long as they don't make it like New Pork City.

They should make a stage that's infinite in size. It just keeps generating more platforms as you go.

 

[Jintor]

They should make a stage that's infinite in size. It just keeps generating more platforms as you go.

I'd say a Tetris stage, but they don't own it :<

 

[Zonic]

I'd say a Tetris stage, but they don't own it :<

It'd make for a better fit of the two Tetris songs we got compared to making them only listenable on Luigi's Mansion.

Speaking of which, wonder if they'll get permission again for music or whatever.

 

[Kouriozan]

Speaking about the musics, I hope there is tons of these too like Brawl, and more important, My Music.

 

[Benzychenz]

I'd say a Tetris stage, but they don't own it :<

Minecraft stage

 

[IntelliHeath]

Pretty good update today. This week have been fantastic in term of information and details.

So Lumiose City stage is very similar to Delfino Plaza, so I bet that it will be fun stage.

 

[Makonero]

I'd say a Tetris stage, but they don't own it :<

Pushmo/Crashmo stage.

 

[Beelzebufo]

I agree, flat stage are boring.
I loved Brinstar, Pokéfloats, Peach's Castle, Onetts, etc.. so I'd say Melee had better stage.
But Brawl had New Pork City and 75m <3

This stage looks reminiscent of Pokefloats, so there's that

 

[Jintor]

Pushmo/Crashmo stage.

oh hell yeah

 

[Zonic]

Pushmo/Crashmo stage.

Seriously, this would work great as a 3DS stage as long as the design of the "puzzle" was done correctly. It would be cool to see it change over time (either during a match &/or each time you select it), but I assume people might prefer it just being one puzzle.

At the very least, Mallo should be an trophy to view. Maybe a song from one of the games.